Advertisement Votorantim Cimentos ended the first quarter of 2021 with net profit of R$227 million, reversing the R$380 million loss posted in 1Q2020. The company’s global net revenue in the first quarter of the year was R$4 billion, an increase of 46% in comparison to the same period in 2020, as a result of an increase in sales volume in all regions where it operates, combined with the positive impact of the devaluation of the real against foreign currencies in its international operations. The company’s global cement sales totalled 7.6 million t in 1Q2021, a 20% growth compared to the 6.3 million t sold in the same period in 2020.